Compliance with national safety standards in Australia's trucking industry is reasonably high, but many companies, such as 10 Four Truck Repairs, feel as though additional work may be necessary to conquer safety challenges in the years to come.
-- According to the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics, 5 million tonnes of freight are moved on Australia’s roadways every day. The transport industry behind that number employs nearly a quarter million people. Given the sheer scale and critical importance of this industry, the discussion in 2025 has turned to the safety regulations and enforcement methods necessary to support it.
As the NSW-based 10 Four Truck Repairs points out, the regulatory landscape surrounding the Australian trucking industry is already comprehensive, laid out primarily in the Heavy Vehicle National Law and Regulations handbook and enforced by Transport for NSW, formerly known as the RMS.
However, as the company has seen firsthand as mid-sized commercial fleet mechanics, with regulations come compliance challenges, which are now at the forefront of the push for a safer industry. Safety, however, is only half the battle; companies could also be liable for massive fines in the event of a regulatory breach, as reported by GoCanvas, and as such, it is in their best interest to ensure compliance.
This leaves the open question: how can private companies like 10 Four work with both industry professionals and government regulators to build a landscape where compliance is a simple process?
For starters, one of the most obvious and accessible answers to this question is to have all vehicles regularly inspected, something which 10 Four Truck Repairs and other companies like them have sought to make more accessible and affordable since those inspections became mandatory in 2014. For example, 10 Four now includes roller brake tests in every service package to ensure that negligent maintenance is never a factor in safety incidents.
Additionally, the Australian federal government has taken steps in the past decade to demolish the predatory industry practices that resulted in unsafe behavior to begin with. For example, in 2016, a safety tribunal ended “pay-by-the-mile” pay structures, removing the incentive that drove many truckers to work themselves to exhaustion. Since then, strict regulations governing how long truckers can travel before a mandatory rest period have also been put in place, as can be seen in the aforementioned HVNLR handbook.
As the NHVR published in June of 2025, however, much work still needs to be done to educate drivers and further adjust the industry culture to increase compliance. Their audit found 131 cases of non-compliance with fatigue and safety standards in a sample of 3000 drivers, implying a failure rate of nearly 4.5%. Until that number reaches 0%, regulators and private companies alike will need to continue to work to make Australia's roads safer.
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Name: Pat Muscat
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Organization: 10 Four Truck Repairs
Address: 4 Steel Street, Blacktown, NSW 2148, Australia
Website: https://10fourtrucks.com.au
Source: NewsNetwork
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